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Todd Grindal; Sarah Nixon Gerard; Anne Partika; Nancy Perez; Gullnar Syed; Morgan Solender; Anna Mark – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2025
Accurate, reliable, and scalable measurement of classroom quality represent a critical tool for ensuring that young children benefit from early learning programs. The Early Childhood Classroom Observation (ECCO) study was designed to better understand how video recordings can support high-quality measurement of pre-kindergarten (pre-K) classrooms,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Video Technology, Preschool Education, Reliability
Hawkinson, Laura E.; Quick, Heather E.; Muenchow, Susan; Anthony, Jennifer; Weinberg, Emily; Holod, Aleksandra; Parrish, Deborah; Meakin, John; Lee, Dong Hoon; Tarrant, Kate; Cannon, Jill S.; Zellman, Gail L.; Karoly, Lynn A. – American Institutes for Research, 2015
The first step in the Validity and Reliability Study summarizes the history and purpose of California's quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), reviews findings from other QRIS evaluation studies, and describes the approach to validating the system in California. The majority of this report focuses on providing context for the California…
Descriptors: Competition, Early Childhood Education, Achievement Rating, State Standards
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Chiang, Hanley; Walsh, Elias; Shanahan, Timothy; Gentile, Claudia; Maccarone, Alyssa; Waits, Tiffany; Carlson, Barbara; Rikoon, Samuel – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
Reading comprehension--the ability to understand the meaning of text--is a foundational ability that enables children to learn in school and throughout life. Children who struggle with reading comprehension in the third or fourth grade are at high risk for dropping out of school, with detrimental effects on their future employment, income, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Acquisition, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education
Branum-Martin, Lee; Mehta, Paras D.; Carlson, Coleen D.; Francis, David J.; Foorman, Barbara R. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
There are many types of programs for Spanish speaking students in the US, with varying methods and goals. Some preliminary work suggests that bilingual classrooms may differ widely in instruction, even under the same program labels. However, there are few studies which have compared the extent to which various bilingual program models differ in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Spanish Speaking, Educational Practices
Tout, Kathryn; Starr, Rebecca; Soli, Margaret; Moodie, Shannon; Kirby, Gretchen; Boller, Kimberly – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
Quality Rating Systems (QRS) are currently operating, under development, or being piloted in over 25 states or local areas. As the QRS model becomes integrated into the landscape of child care and education service delivery, policy, and the decisions parents make about child care across the United States, there is an increasing need for…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Educational Quality
Huang, Denise; La Torre, Deborah; Duong, Nikki; Huber, Lindsay Perez; Leon, Seth; Oh, Christine – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
Afterschool programs offer an important avenue for enhancing educational opportunities. Federal, state, and local educational authorities increasingly see them as environments to improve attitudes toward school, achievement, and academic performance (Fashola, 2002; Hollister, 2003) with higher levels of student participation and engagement in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Urban Schools, At Risk Students
Posey, Virginia; Jacobsen, Jared – CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2007
Public perception of adults with developmental disabilities realizing learning gains often remains illusive. This paper highlights key findings in achievement in basic skills for adults with mental retardation on a functional assessment in a life skills context for three program years (2003-2006). In this study the time period between the pre- and…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2008
This report presents the California edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Competencies, State Government, Government Role